Game 12 - December 21 - Washington St.

[kochrab]

This still isn't out of reach. We've closed the gap well in this 2nd half, just have to keep chipping away. We have got to figure out how to stop getting so in the hole in some of these games.

[CyCarp]

Absolutely not. Its been almost a decade. Give us something to forget it, and we will. It was one of the most horrific choke jobs in sports history.

We are paying premium $ for mediocre results. We don’t ask for that much, but you cant go a decade without playing in the tournament. We are done waiting.

Exactly, it's been almost a decade. You coulda just stopped there.

I'm as unhappy as anybody with results in recent years, but the A&M game has jack **** to do with it. All those players are long gone and most of the coaching staff as well.

[sivert]

Have to make these threes, though.
have to play for metrics at this point.

Flo is garbage. Half the time they don’t even show our offensive possession because they want to show a replay.

[Wxcpanther]

Continuing to talk about the A&M game does absolutely nothing to benefit anybody. Teams blow leads in the NCAA tournament every year. We got screwed because of the lack of a cylinder rule, then fought miraculously hard to push through into multiple overtimes. Move on, for the love of God.

[kochrab]

Dang. So many opportunities off that rebound. That really hurts.

[kochrab]

Well. If it had to be a loss, at least it was a single-digit loss to a decent team. That doesn't hurt us as bad.

[Wxcpanther]

Great response out of the locker room after what could not have possibly been a worse first half. Disappointed with the end result, but certainly positives to take away from what the guys did after halftime.

[PantherAlum09]

Just dug way too deep of a hole to get out of. Just an unbelievably bad first half. No urgency, no speed, sleepwalking. I just don't understand how we aren't up and ready for a quality opponent. The 2nd half was solid, but it's so hard to overcome a 23 point deficit at the half.

[Username]

I think the real issues we're seeing today stemmed from the Furman game in 2003

[Wxcpanther]

I think the real issues we're seeing today stemmed from the Furman game in 2003

Have we considered that the program still hasn't recovered from Ben Jacobsen missing that shot to beat Georgia Tech in 2004?

[MVCBeat]

Continuing to talk about the A&M game does absolutely nothing to benefit anybody. Teams blow leads in the NCAA tournament every year. We got screwed because of the lack of a cylinder rule, then fought miraculously hard to push through into multiple overtimes. Move on, for the love of God.

I mean FWIW, literally no one has ever blown that big of a lead in that short amount of time in the history of the NCAA Tournament. So its not something that happens every year.

['70 Grad]

WSU shot 72.4% in the first half? Wow!
No wonder they only had 5 offensive rebounds in the game - not many to get. (We got 16 of our own misses.)

[MVCBeat]

Pointing out our cliches has, in itself, become a bit cliche.

[Schack]

Exactly, it's been almost a decade. You coulda just stopped there.

I'm as unhappy as anybody with results in recent years, but the A&M game has jack **** to do with it. All those players are long gone and most of the coaching staff as well.

You’re wrong, the A&M game does have something to do with it.

[CincyPanther88]

The Panthers have to find a way to win games without shooting 60% from the floor.